{"product_id":"milked-how-an-american-crisis-brought-together-midwestern-dairy-farmers-and-mexican-workers-hardcover","title":"Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Conniff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling portrayal by the veteran journalist of the lives of farming communities on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border and the surprising connections between them\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Conniff brings her skills and insights to a particularly urgent project: moving beyond the polarizing politics of our current era, and taking a deeper look at how people who have been pitted against each other can forge bonds of understanding.\" --E.J. Dionne Jr., co-author of \u003cem\u003e100% Democracy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn the Midwest, Mexican workers have become critically important to the survival of rural areas and small towns--and to the individual farmers who rely on their work--with undocumented immigrants, mostly from Mexico, accounting for an estimated 80 percent of employees on the dairy farms of western Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMilked\u003c\/em\u003e, former editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/em\u003e Ruth Conniff introduces us to the migrants who worked on these dairy farms, their employers, among them white voters who helped elect Donald Trump to office in 2016, and the surprising friendships that have formed between these two groups of people. These stories offer a rich and fascinating account of how two crises--the record-breaking rate of farm bankruptcies in the Upper Midwest, and the contentious politics around immigration--are changing the landscape of rural America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique and fascinating exploration of rural farming communities, \u003cem\u003eMilked\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on seismic shifts in policy on both sides of the border over recent decades, connecting issues of labor, immigration, race, food, economics, and U.S.-Mexico relations and revealing how two seemingly disparate groups of people have come to rely on each other, how they are subject to the same global economic forces, and how, ultimately, the bridges of understanding that they have built can lead us toward a more constructive politics and a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Conniff\u003c\/strong\u003e is the editor-in-chief of the \u003cem\u003eWisconsin Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e and editor-at-large and former editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. She has appeared on \u003cem\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/em\u003e, C-SPAN, and NPR and has been a frequent guest on \u003cem\u003eAll In with Chris Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e on MSNBC. \u003cem\u003eMilked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press) is her first book. Conniff lives in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52483948446003,"sku":"9781620976371","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Z08rN0NyYnRYQXNZZFVoNGJWWTZUdz09.webp?v=1759773452","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/milked-how-an-american-crisis-brought-together-midwestern-dairy-farmers-and-mexican-workers-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}